title: NTDS Copy
description: Detection of credential file copies, either NTDS.dit or SYSTEM whether a VSS copy or not.
author: keyboardcrunch
date: 10/10/2020
modified: null
mitre:
   tactic: Credential Access
   technique: T1003
   subtechnique: 003
operating_system: windows
query: SrcProcCmdline RegExp "^.*copy.*\\Windows\\NTDS\\NTDS.dit.*" OR SrcProcCmdline
  RegExp "^.*copy.*\\Windows\\System32\\config\\SYSTEM .*" OR SrcProcCmdline ContainsCIS
  "save HKLM\SYSTEM" OR (TgtProcName = "ntdsutil.exe" AND TgtProcCmdline ContainsCIS
  "ac i ntds") OR (TgtProcName = "mklink.exe" and  TgtProcCmdline RegExp "^.*\/[d,D].*GLOBALROOT\\Device\\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy.*")
false_positives: null
tags: null